IF7
Iodine heptafluoride · Iodine(VII) fluoride
Iodine heptafluoride is a highly reactive interhalogen compound that exists as a colorless gas at room temperature. It is primarily utilized as a powerful fluorinating agent in chemical synthesis and specialized industrial processes.
Key Properties
Cross-validated computational properties for Iodine heptafluoride, aggregated across 3 databases.
Band GapEnergy needed to move an electron from the valence band to the conduction band. Lower or zero values tend to behave more metallic; larger gaps are more insulating or semiconducting.
Energy Above HullThermodynamic distance from the most stable set of competing phases. 0 eV/atom is on the convex hull; small positive values may still be experimentally accessible.
StabilityA plain-language summary of the best reported energy-above-hull result. It reflects whether the lowest-energy structure is on, near, or far from the stability hull.
StructuresCount of reported calculated crystal structures for this formula, including alternate polymorphs, source databases, and observed space groups.
Reported Structures
Lowest-energy structures reported for IF7, ranked by energy above hull.
| Space GroupSymmetry classification of the crystal arrangement. The number is the international space-group index. | Crystal SystemBroad lattice family, such as cubic, tetragonal, monoclinic, or triclinic, derived from unit-cell symmetry. | Band Gap (eV)Electronic gap calculated for this specific reported structure, measured in electronvolts. | E above hull (eV/atom)Thermodynamic distance from the convex hull for this structure, normalized per atom. Lower is generally more stable. | E/atom (eV)Computed total energy normalized per atom. Use energy above hull, not this value alone, when comparing stability. | Density (g/cm³)Mass per relaxed crystal volume, reported in grams per cubic centimeter. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aea2 (No. 41) | orthorhombic | 1.44 | 0.0000 | -3.557 | 2.92 |
| Aea2 (No. 41) | orthorhombic | 1.80 | 0.0063 | -3.551 | 3.75 |
| P2221 (No. 17) | orthorhombic | 1.73 | 0.0472 | -3.510 | 3.86 |
| P1 (No. 1) | triclinic | 1.48 | 0.2173 | -3.340 | 3.52 |
| P1 (No. 1) | Triclinic | — | — | — | 3.40 |
| Cmm2 (No. 35) | Orthorhombic | — | — | — | 3.48 |
| Cm (No. 8) | Monoclinic | — | — | — | 5.64 |
| Aea2 (No. 41) | — | — | — | — | — |
| P2221 (No. 17) | Orthorhombic | — | — | — | 3.86 |
| Aea2 (No. 41) | Orthorhombic | — | — | — | 3.00 |
| Aea2 (No. 41) | Orthorhombic | — | — | — | 2.92 |
| Pm (No. 6) | Monoclinic | — | — | — | 5.22 |
Applications
Where Iodine heptafluoride is used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Iodine heptafluoride, answered from cross-validated data.
What is IF7?
Iodine heptafluoride is a highly reactive interhalogen compound that exists as a colorless gas at room temperature. It is primarily utilized as a powerful fluorinating agent in chemical synthesis and specialized industrial processes.
What is IF7 used for?
What is the band gap of IF7?
Is IF7 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Is IF7 thermodynamically stable?
What is the crystal structure of IF7?
What is the density of IF7?
How many polymorphs of IF7 are known?
What elements does IF7 contain?
Where does the data for IF7 come from?
Data sources & attribution
- materials_project — Data from the Materials Project. Cite: Jain et al., APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013).
- mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.
- jarvis — Data from JARVIS (NIST). Cite: Choudhary et al., npj Comp. Mater. 6, 173 (2020).
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